According to new research out of the University of Illinois in Chicago men who drink a few beers perform better at solving brain teasers.

To reach that surprising conclusion, the researchers devised a bar game in which 40 men were given three words and told to come up with a fourth that fits the pattern.

 

For example, the word “cheese” could fit with words like “blue” or “cottage” or “Swiss.”

 

Half the players were given two pints. The other half got nothing.

 

The result? Those who imbibed solved 40% more of the problems that their sober counterparts.

 

Also, the drinkers finished their problems in 12 seconds while it took the non-drinkers 15.5 seconds.

 

“We found at 0.07 blood alcohol, people were worse at working memory tasks, but they were better at creative problem-solving tasks,” psychologist Jennifer Wiley reported on the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) site.

So if you find yourself in need of that extra edge in problem solving, looks like beer is once again the answer to your problems.

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/